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List of @midnight episodes | |
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No. of episodes | 170 |
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Original network | Comedy Central |
Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes for @midnight that aired in 2016. [1]
The first week of the year, designated "Benson Bowl", is four consecutive new episodes featuring frequent winner Doug Benson.
No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
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338 | Jonah Ray | Doug Benson | Michaela Watkins | January 4, 2016 | |
The first night of Benson Bowl week, where Doug Benson appears for every show of the week. | |||||
339 | Doug Benson | Matt Besser | Mary Holland | January 5, 2016 | |
The second night of Benson Bowl week. | |||||
340 | Doug Benson | Chris Cubas | Jamie Lee | January 6, 2016 | |
The third night of Benson Bowl week. | |||||
341 | Doug Benson | Rory Scovel | Erica Rhodes | January 7, 2016 | |
The fourth night of Benson Bowl week. | |||||
342 | Pete Holmes | Jackie Kashian | Brett Gelman | January 11, 2016 | |
343 | Paul F. Tompkins | Joe Randazzo | John Hodgman | January 12, 2016 | |
344 | Chelsea Davison | Sean Donnelly | Adam Newman | January 13, 2016 | |
345 | Whitney Cummings | Matthew Gray Gubler | Nick Swardson | January 14, 2016 | |
346 | Rich Eisen* | Ron Funches and Adam Savage | None | January 18, 2016 | |
The winner, Eisen, would have been eliminated by his score but Hardwick brought the two iconic first-timers to FTW. | |||||
347 | Patton Oswalt | Blaine Capatch | Shelby Fero | January 19, 2016 | |
348 | James Davis | Jen Kirkman | Flula Borg | January 20, 2016 | |
349 | Jordan Morris | Bryan Safi | Erin Gibson | January 21, 2016 | |
350 | Hari Kondabolu | Matt Braunger and Grace Helbig* | None | January 25, 2016 | |
Grace Helbig came in third, but Hardwick asked, "But what if I didn't eliminate you?" and took her to FTW. | |||||
351 | Marlon Wayans | Jenny Zigrino | Affion Crockett | January 26, 2016 | |
Features cast of Fifty Shades of Black | |||||
352 | Ryan Stout | Esther Povitsky | Brandon Wardell | January 27, 2016 | |
Special appearance by improvisational pianist Bernie Katzman, who played throughout the episode. | |||||
353 | Kyle Kinane | Richard Jeter | April Richardson | January 28, 2016 | |
Richard Jeter is the winner of the @midnight #PointsMe Challenge |
No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
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354 | Phoebe Robinson | Jonathan Kite | Alanna Ubach | February 1, 2016 | |
355 | Mamrie Hart | Liza Treyger | Dominic Monaghan | February 2, 2016 | |
In honor of Groundhog Day, special appearance by Stephen Tobolowsky from the film Groundhog Day. | |||||
356 | Colton Dunn | Burnie Burns and Gavin Free* | None | February 3, 2016 | |
Features cast of Lazer Team . Hardwick chose not to break up the team so Gavin went to FTW. | |||||
357 | Scott Adsit | Annabeth Gish | Greg Proops | February 4, 2016 | |
358 | Nikki Glaser | Jim Jefferies and Kevin Nealon* | None | February 8, 2016 | |
Hardwick chose not to eliminate Kevin. | |||||
359 | Doug Benson | Brendon Walsh | Carmen Lynch | February 9, 2016 | |
360 | Andrew Orvedahl | Adam Cayton-Holland | Ben Roy | February 10, 2016 | |
Features cast members of Those Who Can't . Special appearance by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. | |||||
361 | Matt Mira | Brian Posehn | Kevin Smith | February 11, 2016 | |
362 | Claudia O'Doherty | Gillian Jacobs | Paul Rust | February 22, 2016 | |
Features cast of Love | |||||
363 | Kurt Braunohler | Craig Ferguson and Mary Lynn Rajskub* | None | February 23, 2016 | |
Mary Lynn came in third but pantomimed a strip tease to audience cheers, while Craig insisted she remain so Hardwick, not caring, didn't eliminate Rajskub. | |||||
364 | Alison Brie | Katy Colloton | Katie O'Brien | February 24, 2016 | |
Features cast and producer of Teachers | |||||
365 | Tiffany Haddish | Andrew Santino | Theo Von | February 25, 2016 | |
366 | Ron Funches | Jordan Klepper | Mike Yard | February 29, 2016 | |
Special "Late Night Showdown!" episode, a competition between all three of Comedy Central's late night shows. Klepper represented The Daily Show , Yard represented The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore , and Funches represented @midnight itself. |
The week of March 7–10 is the first Tournament of Champions, bringing together the comedians with the most wins throughout the show, culminating with the presentation of the "Two Girls, Won Cup" trophy.
No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
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367 | Andrée Vermeulen | David Koechner and Hayes MacArthur (tie) | None | March 1, 2016 | |
Features cast of Angie Tribeca . David and Andrée tied, so everyone went to FTW. | |||||
368 | Marcella Arguello | Wil Wheaton | Ross Marquand | March 2, 2016 | |
369 | Megan Neuringer | Barry Rothbart | Chris D'Elia | March 3, 2016 | |
370 | Kyle Kinane | Doug Benson | Nikki Glaser | March 7, 2016 | |
371 | Paul F. Tompkins | Randy Sklar | Jen Kirkman | March 8, 2016 | |
372 | Jesse Joyce | Ron Funches | Thomas Lennon | March 9, 2016 | |
373 | Paul F. Tompkins | Jesse Joyce | Kyle Kinane | March 10, 2016 | |
Tournament of Champions final. | |||||
374 | Nick Youssef | Josh McDermitt and Whitney Cummings* | None | March 14, 2016 | |
Whitney refused to leave, so Hardwick took her to FTW. | |||||
375 | Drew Tarver | Andy Richter and Kulap Vilaysack* | None | March 15, 2016 | |
Features cast of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ . Hardwick "didn't feel like" eliminating anyone so Kulap went on. | |||||
376 | Lauren Lapkus | Seth Morris | John Early | March 16, 2016 | |
377 | Nick Thune | Yassir Lester and Jenna Elfman* | None | March 17, 2016 | |
For her first time on the show, Hardwick invited Jenna to FTW. | |||||
378 | Dave Hill | Aimee Mann | Jonathan Coulton | March 21, 2016 | |
379 | River Butcher | Cameron Esposito | Jenny Johnson | March 22, 2016 | |
380 | James Adomian | Anthony Atamanuik | None | March 23, 2016 | |
381 | Jessica McKenna | Nicole Byer | Alison Rich | March 24, 2016 | |
Features cast of Party Over Here |
No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
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382 | Emily Fleming | Jon Daly | Matt Braunger | April 4, 2016 | |
383 | Chelsey Crisp | Randall Park | Maria Thayer | April 5, 2016 | |
384 | Jamar Neighbors | Tiffany Haddish | Affion Crockett | April 6, 2016 | |
385 | Emo Philips | Rachel Bloom and Reggie Watts* | None | April 7, 2016 | |
Reggie came in third but because Hardwick "loves everyone on this panel" they all went to FTW. | |||||
386 | Brittany Furlan | Vitaly Zdorovetskiy | Logan Paul | April 11, 2016 | |
387 | Lamorne Morris | Arden Myrin | Carrot Top | April 12, 2016 | |
388 | Ilana Glazer | Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello* | None | April 13, 2016 | |
Features creator and cast of Time Traveling Bong . Hardwick "couldn't break it up," so Lucia went to FTW. | |||||
389 | Mike Lawrence | Annie Lederman | Rich Eisen | April 14, 2016 | |
Trivia: This is the first time Mike Lawrence has won the internet since January 9, 2014. | |||||
390 | Anna Akana | Ben Gleib | Flula Borg | April 18, 2016 | |
391 | Chris Kluwe | Rachel Feinstein | Tom Ellis | April 19, 2016 | |
392 | Steve Agee | Tyler Labine | Doug Benson | April 20, 2016 | |
393 | Adam Conover | Alice Wetterlund | Eliot Glazer | April 21, 2016 | |
394 | Danny Masterson | Alanna Masterson | Christopher Masterson* | April 25, 2016 | |
Featuring three Masterson siblings. Special appearance by their father, Peter, who chose to eliminate Christopher even though Alanna was in 3rd place. | |||||
395 | Anthony Atamanuik | Jimmy Carr | Sara Schaefer | April 26, 2016 | |
396 | Reid Scott and Timothy Simons (tie) | None | Tony Hale | April 27, 2016 | |
Features cast of Veep . The audience vote for FTW was so close that Hardwick called it a tie for the first time ever. | |||||
397 | Jen D'Angelo | Aisha Tyler | Chris Gethard | April 28, 2016 |
No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
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398 | Rachael Harris | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Scott Aukerman | May 2, 2016 | |
399 | Kyle Kinane | Randy Liedtke | Josh Gondelman | May 3, 2016 | |
400 | Nikki Glaser | Ron Funches and Thomas Lennon* | None | May 4, 2016 | |
Hardwick did not "have the heart to eliminate one of the executive producers," that being Thomas Lennon. | |||||
401 | Jesse Joyce | Marcella Arguello | Damien Lemon | May 5, 2016 | |
402 | Jake Hurwitz | Kate Micucci | Amir Blumenfeld | May 9, 2016 | |
403 | Marc Maron | James Adomian* and Hari Kondabolu | None | May 10, 2016 | |
Although Adomian came in third, Hardwick couldn't eliminate anybody because he loved Adomian's last joke. | |||||
404 | Rory Scovel* | Riki Lindhome | Jen Kirkman | May 11, 2016 | |
Rory played completely nude, until FTW, when he put on Jen's shirt during the last commercial break. No reason was given. | |||||
405 | Jason Sklar | Jon Dore* and Randy Sklar | None | May 12, 2016 | |
Hardwick kept Jon Dore because he "felt really bad" about all of the Canada jokes that night. | |||||
406 | Moshe Kasher | Brandon Johnson and Sinbad* | None | May 16, 2016 | |
Although Sinbad came in last, Hardwick chose not to eliminate anybody "in the interest of fairness." | |||||
407 | Paul Goebel | Maria Bamford | Greg Behrendt | May 17, 2016 | |
408 | Janelle James | Emily Heller | Kurt Braunohler | May 18, 2016 | |
409 | Joe DeRosa | Al Jackson | Dan Soder | May 19, 2016 | |
410 | Jessica Lowe | Rhys Darby | Ginger Gonzaga | May 23, 2016 | |
Features cast of Wrecked . | |||||
411 | Fozzie Bear (Eric Jacobson) | John Hodgman and Kristen Schaal (tie) | None | May 24, 2016 | |
John and Kristen tied, so everyone went to FTW. | |||||
412 | Wil Wheaton | Jonah Ray | Robert Kirkman | May 25, 2016 | |
At the end of the show, Wil finished with the most points, Jonah second, and Robert third. In reference to the season finale of The Walking Dead, Hardwick said we'll have to find out who was eliminated in six months, so there was no FTW. The winner and losers were revealed at the beginning of Episode 468. | |||||
413 | Jim Norton | Bonnie McFarlane | Jim Florentine | May 26, 2016 |
No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
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414 | Nick Swardson | Mary Lynn Rajskub | Horatio Sanz | June 13, 2016 | |
415 | Mamrie Hart | Matteo Lane | Grace Helbig | June 14, 2016 | |
416 | Matt Walsh | Paul F. Tompkins | Paget Brewster | June 15, 2016 | |
417 | Doug Benson | Jay Oakerson and Vance Sanders* | None | June 16, 2016 | |
Hardwick decided not to eliminate anybody because they "just got back" and "it's the end of the week." | |||||
418 | Joe Randazzo | Dave Hill | Mary Holland | June 20, 2016 | |
419 | Eli Roth | Steve Agee | Spike Feresten | June 21, 2016 | |
420 | Kevin Pereira | Erica Rhodes | Flula Borg | June 22, 2016 | |
421 | Barbara Dunkelman | Burnie Burns* and Gavin Free | None | June 23, 2016 | |
Hardwick couldn't break up the Rooster Teeth team. | |||||
422 | Greg Proops | Mike Phirman | Robin Thede | June 27, 2016 | |
423 | Jade Catta-Preta* | Jensen Karp | Paul Scheer | June 28, 2016 | |
Jade came in third, but Paul offered to give his position to her "for her parents," who were sitting front row. | |||||
424 | Jim Jefferies | Nikki Glaser | Brett Gelman | June 29, 2016 | |
425 | Morgan Murphy | Jim Gaffigan* and Adam Goldberg | None | June 30, 2016 | |
Hardwick could not "break up this team." |
No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
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426 | Emily Fleming | Jay Mandyam | John Ross Bowie | July 5, 2016 | |
427 | Marcella Arguello | Ron Funches | Matt Braunger | July 6, 2016 | |
428 | Thomas Lennon | Natasha Leggero* and Riki Lindhome | None | July 7, 2016 | |
Features cast of Another Period . Hardwick "had too much fun" to eliminate anyone. | |||||
429 | Dave Holmes | Lauren Lapkus | Matt Besser | July 19, 2016 | |
430 | Will Sasso | Chris D'Elia | Jon Heder | July 20, 2016 | |
431 | Ramon Rivas II* | April Richardson and Dan St. Germain | None | July 21, 2016 | |
Due to The Daily Show's coverage of the final night of the Republican National Convention, this episode started at 12:47 AM (EST). Hardwick did not eliminate anyone because he "enjoys this panel a lot." | |||||
432 | Milana Vayntrub | Paul Feig | Neil Casey | July 22, 2016 | |
Features supporting actors and director of the Ghostbusters reboot. | |||||
433 | Sarah Tiana | Tony Hinchcliffe | Chris Cubas | July 26, 2016 | |
Features contestants from Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle. | |||||
434 | Kathryn Hahn | Matt Mira | Kevin Smith | July 27, 2016 | |
435 | Tami Sagher | Gillian Jacobs | Mike Birbiglia | July 28, 2016 | |
Features cast of Don't Think Twice | |||||
436 | None | None | Brendon Walsh, Jesse Joyce | July 29, 2016 | |
Investigation Midnight: The Once and Future President special, covering "Time-Traveling Presidential Candidate" Andrew Basiago. |
The week of August 15–18 is @midnight's Non-Trademark-Infringing International Competition for Gold, Silver, & Bronze Medals™, featuring comedians from nine different countries.
No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
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437 | Hari Kondabolu | Beth Stelling | Jason Biggs | August 8, 2016 | |
438 | Emily Heller | Steve Agee and Kurt Braunohler* | None | August 9, 2016 | |
Kurt guilted Hardwick into not eliminating him. | |||||
439 | Jimmy Pardo | Doug Benson | David Krumholtz | August 10, 2016 | |
440 | Al Jackson | Annie Lederman | Kurt Metzger | August 11, 2016 | |
441 | Flula Borg (Germany) | Maeve Higgins (Ireland) | Yakov Smirnoff (Russia) | August 15, 2016 | |
442 | Gina Yashere (United Kingdom) | Maz Jobrani (Iran) | Jon Dore (Canada) | August 16, 2016 | |
443 | Milana Vayntrub (Uzbekistan) | Francisco Ramos (Venezuela) | Jimmy O. Yang (China) | August 17, 2016 | |
444 | Milana Vayntrub (Uzbekistan) | Flula Borg (Germany) | Gina Yashere (United Kingdom) | August 18, 2016 | |
Final match of @midnight's Non-Trademark-Infringing International Competition for Gold, Silver, & Bronze Medals™, featuring the winners of the previous three nights. Winner decided by Judge Joe Brown. |
On August 22, 2016 @midnight began airing at 11:30 p.m. (EST), to serve as a temporary replacement for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore . [4] New episodes began premiering in this time slot on September 6, 2016. The week of September 19–22 was "sponsored" by Donald Trump (impersonated by Anthony Atamanuik), who stepped into the games at random intervals.
No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
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445 | Ron Funches* | Kyle Kinane and Tiffany Haddish | None | September 6, 2016 | |
Shocked that Ron came in third for the first time ever, Hardwick let the audience decide to keep him on for FTW. | |||||
446 | Adam Goldberg | James Davis | Mary Lynn Rajskub | September 7, 2016 | |
447 | Randy Sklar | Jason Sklar | Esther Povitsky | September 8, 2016 | |
448 | Kate Walsh | Jim Jefferies | Michelle Buteau | September 12, 2016 | |
449 | Moshe Kasher | Chris D'Elia | Aisling Bea | September 13, 2016 | |
450 | Adam Ray | Chelsea Davison | Amir K | September 14, 2016 | |
Features repertory cast members of Mad TV | |||||
451 | Jeff Tweedy | Jen Kirkman* and David Koechner | None | September 15, 2016 | |
Hardwick enjoyed himself too much to eliminate anyone. | |||||
452 | Katee Sackhoff | Natasha Lyonne | Doug Benson | September 19, 2016 | |
Katee and Natasha tied, so Hardwick did not eliminate either of them. However, referencing the previous night's Emmy Awards, Hardwick "toppled the patriarchy" by eliminating Doug. "Donald Trump" chose the winner, which went against the audience's choice. | |||||
453 | Janet Varney | Paul F. Tompkins | Aya Cash | September 20, 2016 | |
Janet Varney broke the record for highest score ever (previously held by Ricky Velez) with 121,600 points. | |||||
454 | Artemis Pebdani* | Cheryl Hines and Johnny Pemberton | None | September 21, 2016 | |
Features cast of Son of Zorn . Hardwick didn't want to break up the cast, so everyone went to FTW. | |||||
455 | Mae Whitman | Rich Fulcher | Derek Waters | September 22, 2016 | |
Features guest star and creators of Drunk History | |||||
456 | Emo Philips | Margaret Cho | Jaleel White | September 26, 2016 | |
'90s theme night, co-hosted by Kato Kaelin, and "previously aired on September 26, 1998." Special appearances by the Fly Girls (dubbed the Shy Girls) and Lisa Loeb. | |||||
457 | Grace Helbig | Hannah Hart* and Mamrie Hart | None | September 27, 2016 | |
Features cast of Dirty 30. Hardwick chose not to eliminate anyone for many reasons, one being that it was Grace's birthday. | |||||
458 | Bruce Campbell and Nick Swardson (tie) | None | Justin Willman | September 28, 2016 | |
FTW was too close to call, so Hardwick declared Bruce and Nick co-winners. | |||||
459 | Dave Foley | Suzy Nakamura | Ken Jeong | September 29, 2016 | |
Return of principal cast of Dr. Ken , featured first in episode 302. |
No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
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460 | Doug Benson | Steve Agee and Brendon Small (tie) | None | October 3, 2016 | |
This episode marked the beginning of @midnight's fourth season. Steve and Brendon tied, so both went to FTW. | |||||
461 | Louie Anderson | Brendon Walsh | Martha Kelly | October 4, 2016 | |
462 | Greg Proops | Rich Eisen and Bob Saget (tie) | None | October 5, 2016 | |
All three tied, so Hardwick could not eliminate anyone. | |||||
463 | Thomas Lennon | Heather Anne Campbell | Alex Edelman | October 6, 2016 | |
464 | Kurt Braunohler | Danielle Panabaker* and Brian Posehn | None | October 10, 2016 | |
Because of Hardwick's love of The Flash , particularly Danielle's character Dr. Caitlin Snow, he did not eliminate anyone. | |||||
465 | Ron Funches | Al Jackson | Bobby Lee | October 11, 2016 | |
466 | Russell Peters | Erinn Hayes | Yassir Lester | October 12, 2016 | |
467 | Marcella Arguello | Randy Liedtke | Ramon Rivas II | October 13, 2016 | |
468 | Robert Kirkman | Adam Conover | Jonah Ray | October 17, 2016 | |
The winner and losers from the episode 412 cliffhanger were revealed at the beginning (Robert Kirkman was eliminated and Wil Wheaton won). Special appearance by Ross Marquand. | |||||
469 | Carmen Lynch | Jesse Joyce | Matthew Broussard | October 18, 2016 | |
470 | Adam Cayton-Holland | Ben Roy | Andrew Orvedahl | October 19, 2016 | |
Return of principal cast of Those Who Can't , featured first in episode 360 | |||||
471 | Brent Weinbach* | Kate Micucci and "Weird Al" Yankovic | None | October 20, 2016 | |
Features performers from Tenacious D's Festival Supreme. Special appearance by Yakov Smirnoff portraying an "American millennial." Hardwick, after the previous night's presidential debate, decided not to eliminate Brent. | |||||
472 | David Koechner | Mary Lynn Rajskub | Brandon Johnson | October 25, 2016 | |
Special appearance by Will Ferrell portraying George W. Bush. | |||||
473 | Colton Dunn | Lauren Ash and Nico Santos (tie) | None | October 26, 2016 | |
Features cast of Superstore . Colton and Nico tied, so everyone went to FTW | |||||
474 | Jordan Morris | Chris Garcia | Jenny Zigrino | October 27, 2016 | |
475 | April Richardson | Moshe Kasher | Kevin Pereira | October 31, 2016 | |
For Halloween, Hardwick dressed as Eleven, Pereira dressed as "Bread Cats," Richardson as David Bowie, and Kasher as "Sexy Rabbi." |
No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
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476 | Janet Varney | Dana Gould | Nate Mooney | November 1, 2016 | |
Features creator and stars of Stan Against Evil . | |||||
477 | Jim Norton | Jena Friedman | Ryan Stout | November 2, 2016 | |
478 | Tiffany Haddish | Jim Jefferies | Brian Huskey | November 3, 2016 | |
Special appearance by Greg Proops as the Devil. | |||||
479 | Alice Wetterlund | Jonathan Fernandez | Jordan Rock | November 7, 2016 | |
480 | Ron Funches | Whitney Cummings* and Paul F. Tompkins | None | November 8, 2016 | |
The first live episode. Special appearances by Doug Benson as @midnight "weed correspondent" and Dolph Lundgren. Given the ongoing election results, Hardwick let Whitney stay on for FTW. | |||||
481 | Chris D'Elia | Megan Neuringer | Vladimir Caamaño | November 9, 2016 | |
482 | Matt Braunger | Jen Kirkman | Sean Donnelly | November 10, 2016 | |
483 | Doug Benson | Samm Levine | Arden Myrin | November 14, 2016 | |
484 | Flula Borg* | Randy Liedtke and Sara Schaefer | None | November 15, 2016 | |
Special "super-cute" episode called "I Can Haz Midnight" or "Cat Midnight." Hardwick couldn't bear to eliminate anyone. | |||||
485 | James Davis | Arielle Vandenberg | Dan Levy | November 16, 2016 | |
486 | Willam Belli | Bridget Everett and Justin Martindale (tie) | None | November 17, 2016 | |
Hardwick felt it was a "good group," so he took everyone to FTW. Bridget and Justin tied. | |||||
487 | Joe DeRosa | Pete Holmes | Hari Kondabolu | November 28, 2016 | |
488 | Dana Carvey | Scott Aukerman and Chelsey Crisp* | None | November 29, 2016 | |
489 | Michael Ian Black | Matt Goldich | Janeane Garofalo | November 30, 2016 |
No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
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490 | Kristen Schaal | Noel Fielding* and Rich Fulcher | None | December 1, 2016 | |
Hardwick did not eliminate Noel Fielding because "this is a Brexit I will avoid." | |||||
491 | J Mascis* | Steve Agee and Dave Hill | None | December 5, 2016 | |
Hardwick "really didn't want to eliminate anyone today." | |||||
492 | Janelle James | Mike Lawrence | Sam Morril | December 6, 2016 | |
493 | Mamrie Hart | Joe Randazzo | Jon Gabrus | December 7, 2016 | |
494 | Nate Fernald | Ali Siddiq | Erica Rhodes | December 8, 2016 | |
Guest appearance by Michael Chiklis. | |||||
495 | Reggie Watts | James Adomian and Morgan Murphy* | None | December 12, 2016 | |
Because "it's Christmas week," Hardwick decided not to eliminate anyone. | |||||
496 | Moshe Kasher | Kurt Braunohler | Fortune Feimster | December 13, 2016 | |
Due to the nature of the final challenge, a cutthroat round of Jankenpon, Hardwick had no choice but to eliminate Fortune. | |||||
497 | Milana Vayntrub | Aparna Nancherla* and Nick Thune | None | December 14, 2016 | |
Special appearance by Dave 'Gruber' Allen as Krampus. | |||||
498 | Diona Reasonover* | Matt Besser and Andy Richter | None | December 15, 2016 | |
Features cast of Andy Richter's Home for the Holidays. |
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Joshua Michael Widdicombe is an English comedian, presenter and actor. He is best known for his appearances on The Last Leg (2012–present), Fighting Talk (2014–2016), Insert Name Here (2016–2019), Mock the Week (2012–2016) and his BBC Three sitcom Josh (2015–2017). He also won the first series of Taskmaster in 2015 and the show's first Champion of Champions special in 2017. Widdicombe also hosted Hypothetical with fellow comedian James Acaster (2019–2022). During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, Widdicombe started the Parenting Hell podcast with fellow comedian Rob Beckett.
Theodor Capitani von KurnatowskiIII, known professionally as Theo Von, is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, actor, and former reality television personality. He is the host of the This Past Weekend podcast.
The Pete Holmes Show is an American late-night talk show starring comedian Pete Holmes. It aired Monday through Thursday at midnight on TBS, from October 28, 2013 until June 18, 2014. The show was atypical among late-night talk shows for having personal as opposed to topical monologues, more sketch comedy, and taking place within a half-hour format.
Ronald Kyle Funches is an American comedian and actor. Born in California, Funches spent his early life in Chicago before relocating to Salem, Oregon, as a teenager. He began his comedy career in Portland, Oregon, at age 23. After moving to Los Angeles in 2012, he began appearing as a guest on several comedy series, including @midnight, Mulaney, and Kroll Show.
Ali Siddiq is an American stand-up comedian, writer, public speaker and radio personality based in Houston, Texas. He released his debut comedy album in 2010 and his debut television special in 2016. Siddiq was the winner of Comedy Central's Up Next stand-up comedy competition in 2013 and was a finalist on NBC's competition show Bring the Funny in 2019. He was the co-host of R&B afternoon radio show Uncle Funky Larry Jones & Ali Siddiq on KMJQ in Greater Houston from January 2021 to January 2024.